Köse Halil Pasha ("Beardless Halil Pasha" in
Turkish; died 1715), also known as Khalil Pasha al-Kawsaj ("Thin-bearded Halil Pasha" in
Arabic), was an
Ottoman statesman who served several high-level roles in the Ottoman Empire's administration, including serving as
Defterdar (financial minister; 1692/93–1694/95 and 1695/96–1699) and the Ottoman governor of
Bosnia Eyalet (1699–1702),
Erzurum Eyalet (1703–04),
Van Eyalet (1704–06),
Basra Eyalet (1706–07, and again 1707–08),
Sidon Eyalet (1708–1710), and
Egypt Eyalet (1710–11).[1][2][3] During his tenure in Erzurum, Hahil Pasha was in command of a
military expedition in Georgia in 1703.[4]
As the governor of Egypt, he served during a turbulent time and was overthrown by the local (
Mamluk) beys in 1711 after a small civil war.[5]
^Mehmet Süreyya (1996) [1890], Nuri Akbayar; Seyit A. Kahraman (eds.),
Sicill-i Osmanî (in Turkish), Beşiktaş, Istanbul: Türkiye Kültür Bakanlığı and Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, p. 546,
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^Abou-El-Ha, Rifaʻat Ali (1984). The 1703 rebellion and the structure of Ottoman politics. Leiden: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul. pp. 115–117.